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Yuba County Unincorporated, California · District

AR-5

Agricultural/Rural Residential
AgriculturalAgricultural ResidentialAll Yuba County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

AR-5 lot requirementsSTREETFront 30 ftRear 30 ftSide 30 ftMin width 120 ftMIN LOT AREA5 acMAX HEIGHT50 ftMAX DENSITY1 du/ac
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
120 ft

Density

Maximum density
1 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Maximum units
1

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
30 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
30 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
30 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
50 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right27

Conditional / special use14

Accessory5

Prohibited5

Extracted standards

5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area 5 acres. Maximum density 1 unit/parcel. Front setback 30 ft. Max height 35 ft residential, 50 ft otherwise.
Table 11.05.020, Table 11.05.030, Section 11.19.090